Helping Black Families Get the ID/D Resources they Need
If your family is looking for help with a loved one with an intellectual or developmental disability, we have put together a list of resources for black families living in New Jersey.
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The Office of Career Readiness provides leadership to advance innovative and performance-driven educational opportunities that promote equity and excellence for all students to become productive members in a global society. This is achieved by providing guidance to schools on implementing New Jersey Student Learning Standard 9.3-Career and Technical Education.
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The Arc of New Jersey promotes and protects the human rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes; and is committed to enhancing the quality of life of those individuals and their families through advocacy, empowerment, education and prevention.
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The Arc of New Jersey promotes and protects the human rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes; and is committed to enhancing the quality of life of those individuals and their families through advocacy, empowerment, education and prevention.
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The New Jersey Legislature is the state's legislative branch, which is made up of the NJ Senate and the NJ General Assembly.
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The New Jersey Legislature is the state's legislative branch, which is made up of the NJ Senate and the NJ General Assembly.
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The SILC membership represents the interests of New Jersey’s cross disability population. By law, a majority of the Council are people with disabilities. Voting members include: advocates for people with disabilities, representatives from private businesses, disability-related organizations, and CIL directors. Non-voting ex officio members include representatives from Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS).
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The SILC membership represents the interests of New Jersey’s cross disability population. By law, a majority of the Council are people with disabilities. Voting members include: advocates for people with disabilities, representatives from private businesses, disability-related organizations, and CIL directors. Non-voting ex officio members include representatives from Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS).
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Members of the NJ Statewide Network for Cultural Competence seek to grow and share in the knowledge and skills necessary to serve people from diverse populations and communities. We achieve this goal by bringing together subject matter experts to discuss best practices, and by providing educational and informational sessions for all stakeholders, including government, public, private, not-for-profit, community-based audiences, families and people with lived experiences. We strive to create an environment of mutual respect, caring, inclusiveness and belonging.
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Members of the NJ Statewide Network for Cultural Competence seek to grow and share in the knowledge and skills necessary to serve people from diverse populations and communities. We achieve this goal by bringing together subject matter experts to discuss best practices, and by providing educational and informational sessions for all stakeholders, including government, public, private, not-for-profit, community-based audiences, families and people with lived experiences. We strive to create an environment of mutual respect, caring, inclusiveness and belonging.
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The Family Resource Network’s New Jersey Work Incentives Network Support (NJWINS) program assists Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries to start, continue or increase work efforts while maintaining benefits for as long as they are needed.
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